The Doors: crap or not?

[LDR]

Six by seven are unbearably shit* too.

*by shit I mean uttery mediocre and forgettable

I thought they were quite good live. Far better than their studio stuff anyway.

 

[Dubversion]

So what other recent, hugely successful bands have followed a similarly diverse trajectory?

that doesn't even RELATE to what i said

 

[editor]

that doesn't even RELATE to what i said

Yes it does.

You said, that "these days culture has accelerated and it's easy to use up and spit out your influences quicker."

So I just asked for some examples.

 

[Dubversion]

Yes it does.

You said, that "these days culture has accelerated and it's easy to use up and spit out your influences quicker."

So I just asked for some examples.

Yes, but you asked for examples with other provisos - hugely successful etc. And i don't really care about whether they're successful or not, that's not a measure of worth. Anyway, i'm not going to argue about bloody Radiohead again, especially not on a thread about the Doors. .

 

[poului]

4e5redd

Gimme Radiohead over the cocking Doors any day.

 

[longdog]

I voted Meh-diocre only because I don't think they were even worth getting wound up about enough to vote shite.

They give real meaning to the word over-rated

 

[LDR]

Gimme Radiohead over the cocking Doors any day.

While I appreciate Radiohead's talent, I'd rather listen to The Doors any day and night.

 

[walktome]

I like the Doors a lot. Because it's just because I'm eighteen? My dad likes thr Doors a lot too, I guess he grew up on them.

 

[Mr Toothache]

Jim Morrison wrote lyrics for his era, they were ok then but personally i find them a bit cringeworthy these days
Still love the music though!

 

[Iam]

Not really interested in them.

 

[Dubversion]

Not really interested in them.

that's because you're narrowminded and want to be in our clique

 

[Iam]

that's because you're narrowminded and want to be in our clique

Yeah, but you're never gonna let me in anyway, are you?

 

[Dubversion]

Yeah, but you're never gonna let me in anyway, are you?

nope. It's me, me and me. You're all weird

(goes to find his Glen Campbell albums)

 

[Iam]

Thankfully, I don't need any of you more than I want you...

 

[Belzub]

I like em, at least they're not a bunch of ineffectual whining sods from Oxford like Radiohead.

 

[brokenyolk]

I like em, at least they're not a bunch of ineffectual whining sods from Oxford like Radiohead.

no, the doors are ineffectual bloated self-indulgent sods from somewhere else

 

[Belzub]

no, the doors are ineffectual bloated self-indulgent sods from somewhere else

Exactly.

 

[Firky]

Jim Morrison wrote lyrics for his era, they were ok then but personally i find them a bit cringeworthy these days
Still love the music though!

I think his lyrics are supposed to be taken with a pinch of salt, they're so bad they're good. I'm surprised they haven't been ripped off with new artists... maybe they have and maybe it didn't sound any better the second time around.

Still - they did some belting tunes, and some utter utter shit. The End... just about every dope smoking teen has related to that song, 'man'

 

[northernhord]

The Doors were good, something like a Joy division of the sixties though not as real
I think they stuck out amidst a sea of American hippy dippy mock folk shite
Nice one Jim!

 

[Badgers]

They are a bit crap but I like em'

Is that a cop out?

 

[jammer]

The doors were great.I don`t care if morrison wore leather trousers,pulled his knob out on stage,drank too much or was arrogant:compared to some of todays egocentric untalented wankers he seems quite timid.
Didn`t have too much time for his lizzie king stuff but they wrote some great songs and his writing was purty good too.

 

[ICB]

Bought all their albums in a week when I was 17, never bought the bullshit about poetry and lizards though.

Don't listen to them anymore, mostly cos Shmu hates them.

Agree with the comments about musicality and voice vs. twatishness although some lyrics are excellent

Women seem wicked
When you're unwanted

 

[Skim]

Can't remember whose quote this was, could have been Mark Lamarr, but it sums up my feelings on this matter:

"Break on through to the other side. And fucking stay there."

 

[Dj TAB]

Never got on with the doors, however they never bothered me and if we all liked the same music life'd be well.....dull wouldn't it?

 

[gentlegreen]

http://www.brugmansia.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/LA woman intro.mp3

(143K MP3)

nuff said

 

[Julie]

nope. It's me, me and me. You're all weird

(goes to find his Glen Campbell albums)

Witcheta Lineman. Love that song.

The Doors? Don't mind a few of their songs but for the most part thought/think their music is pretty blah.

 

[Idris2002]

Can't remember whose quote this was, could have been Mark Lamarr, but it sums up my feelings on this matter:

"Break on through to the other side. And fucking stay there."

It sounds like Lamaar anyway.

Morrison's attitude to women was truly vile, the sort of thing you scrape off the sole of your shoe.

The Doors as a whole were shite, but not quite as bad as the Velvet Underground, even though Lou Reed is not quite as big a wanker as Morrison was.

 

[petee]

really full of themselves, did have a few great tracks but it doesn't compensate. plus morrison's attitudes as just* mentioned.

*15 years ago.

 

[Raheem]

Morrison's attitude to women was truly vile, the sort of thing you scrape off the sole of your shoe.

Realising this is an ancient comment, but wondering what passers-by might think. I'm under the impression that Morrison was pretentious, but not a total dick, and has an undeserved reputation as a sexist monster and (worse) someone who let himself go physically because he was done over by Oliver Stone.

Any Doors experts able to offer comment?

 

[Crannadict]

Lol